A Noble Groom
April 23rd, 2013. Filed under: Tuesday's Tempting Reads.A Noble Groom
By Jody Hedlund
Annalisa Werner’s hope for a fairy tale love is over. Her husband failed her in every way and now his death has left her with few options to save the family farm. She needs a plentiful harvest. That, and a husband to help bring it in. Someone strong, dependable. That’ll be enough. A marriage for love…that’s something she’s given up on.
So her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country, asking him to find Annalisa a groom.
Then a man appears: Carl Richards, from their home country of Germany and a former schoolteacher—or so he says. He’s looking for work and will serve on the farm until her husband arrives.
With time running out, she accepts his help, but there’s more to this man than he’s admitting. He’s also gentle, kind, charming—unlike any man she’s ever known. But even as Carl is shining light into the darkness of her heart, she knows her true groom may arrive any day.
ISLAND BREEZES
It must be hard to live a life of deception, especially when that life has lowered you from a place of nobility to the struggling life of a peasant in a foreign country.
Being a peasant from birth is no great thing either. Annalisa’s husband is dead, she’s pregnant, and she might lose the farm if she can’t finda a husband in a hurry to help with the plowing, planting and harvesting.
This is where Carl steps in to help out until her groom can get there. Then Carl can head on to Detroit and the teaching job there.
Watch out! Sparks might be flying.
I’m really looking forward to Ms Hedlund’s next book.
***A special thank you to litfuse for providing a review copy.***
Jody Hedlund is the bestselling author of “The Doctor’s Lady” and “The Preacher’s Bride”. She won the 2011 Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award, the 2011 Award of Excellence from the Colorado Romance Writers and was a finalist for Best Debut Novel in the 2011 ACFW Carol Awards. Currently she makes her home in central Michigan, with her husband and five busy children. She loves hearing from readers on Facebook and on her blog.